
The Legend of Johnny Lingo 2003
"What if you were born a king and didn't know it?"
Overview
When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor. However, with time as hardships are blamed upon Tama (as he is named), he is finally outcast to live with the poorest people on the island, Mahana and her drunken father. Mahana is considered homely and undesirable, but Tama feels differently, so when he is old enough to build a craf
Director: Steven Ramirez
Cast

George Henare
Johnny Lingo

Rawiri Paratene
Malio Chief

Joe Folau
Tama
Alvin Fitisemanu
Chief Steward
Kayte Ferguson
Mahana

Hori Ahipene
Pioi

Sima Urale
Hoku

Peter Sa'ena Brown
Miriama's Father
Jim Perry
Malio Elder
Goeretti Chadwick
Malio Seductress